Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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ariou methods enhance learning Klournals helped to better my writing style' lm Above: Amy Glowacki, junior, passes out her survey on teenage problems to David Moore, fresh- man. The results were used in writ- ing a paper for a contest. Top Left: Reading a Shakespear- ean sonnet, English IV Honors stu- dents concentrate as Mr. Dave Konkol waits for them to finish. Left: in order for Bala Ramiah to graduate a year early, he had to take both English lll and English IV in one year. Top: Mr. Nolan Johnson, who re- tired after 25 years at Thornridge, teaches freshman English. English Department 65

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. l p 2 . F i 5 i 5? it , - . Q, E 3 it E fi Q. . , Y Ei . il- . 'K 5 if - .lf fu ' S gs Q As each English teacher looked out at his sleepy, s u m m e r i z e d class at the beginning of the year, one thought might have sunk into his head: in order for each student to accomplish anything in this year of required English, it was necessary for the in- struction to be both a learn- ing and enjoyable exper- ience. Was this possible? Yes. ln some classes stu- dents were given a chance to be awarded prizes and English Department scholarships for their writ- ing in contests. Amy Crlowacki, junior, entered a University of lllinois contest for which she circulated a survey to obtain research on teenagers' problems. l'The survey made me aware of the multiplicity of the problems facing teen- agers today, she said. To break the monotony some teachers devised games for leaming. ln Mrs. Deborah l'lingst's class, stu- dents played games such as grammar bingo. ln that game students were given a humorous or clever- ly-written clue about a punctuation. Various punc- tuations appeared on the bingo card, and they were awarded prizes for their winnings. They didn't know they were learning be- cause they were having so much fun. Their skills im- proved tremendously, said Mrs. Hingst. Students in Mrs. Joanne McCue's classes wrote daily journals in which they an- swered questions given by the teacher. Question? such as How were they di ferent from other teen agers? allowed them t write about themselves an their feelings. 'The jou nals helped to better m wnting style, while disco ering feelings l had, sai Lori Latta, sophomore. Whatever the methoccl many English teachers su cessfully made thei classes interesting, helpful and fun.

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Q fx. ir, 'fi Y nv . it W? iw Below: Symphonic Band: Front Row: Amy Merritt, Kathy Stout, Leon Hendricks, Kay Needles, Ja- net Harding, Kerri Haan, Kathy Cal- lahan, Becky Mc Carter, Judy Jan- owskig Row 2: Sandy Bollacker, Chris Errico, Carol Lester, Stacy Mc Crowan, Laura Crrindler, Lea White, Lanita Stewart, Kristin Burk, Amanda Johnson, Chris Grayson, Tammy Crriliin, John Larson, Sue Scalzitti, Adam Needles: Row 5: Terrence Trimuel, Tom Botta, Kris Haggert, Chris Oderio, Lawrence Westbrook, Markus Smith, Rob Larson, Leisl Robertson, Guy Vree- man, Vennie Nemecek, Corey Blank, Travis Kingery, Ken Powell, Dominic Kuczwara, Mike Heritage: Back Row: Makita Shabazz, Mi- chael Peeples, Julie Talsma, Mr. Arthur Wasik Cdir.J, Kevin O' Con- nor Right: Russell Smith, Dominic Kuczwara, and Landon Fuller uti- lize their skills of marching and playing in the Homecoming Pa- rade. Right: Beginning Band: Front Row: Tracy Sandidge, Dezaree Oli- ver, Yolanda Hobson, Bradford Fleming, Back Row: Mr. Arthur Wa- sik tdir.J, Leonard Sanford, Ken- drick Cleveland, Brian Smith, Ar- thur White abd' I -Hz B l u e, g r e y , brass buttons, plumes, revers- ible capes! The bands had a new look as the old blue and white uniforms were put to the back of the closet to make room for the new ones. 'Our old uniforms were about ten years old and not even our school colors. With these new ones, we felt like a new band, said Kay Needles, drum majorette, who along with Adam Nee- dles, drum major, directed 66 Music Department ,fy w., K- ' .....A, . the bands at football and basketball games, pep as- semblies, and parades. The bands along with the choirs made up the Music Department, where over IOO students received aca- demic credit for their work. Always having to practice and all the contests took a lot more time out of my schedule than my aca- demic classes, said Chris Errico, sophomore sym- phonic band member, Donned in their new at- tire, the bands gave the tra- ditional concerts, one in ,I ' s February and one in the spring. Soloists were usual- ly those who were section leaders, but with the honor came responsiblity. Everyone wants to be first chair, but they are the ones who always get yelled at when something sounds wrong, said Mr. Art Wasik, band director and depart- ment chairman. The choirs, the other half of the Music Department, consisted of three choirs that came together to pro- duce the Christmas and spring concerts. In addition 'V k?'Ti' they traveled to many ju-I nior highs to entertain younger students. i'lt took much work, and it might not have been perfect, but it sounded really good, said Lisa Wages, sophomore. Led by Mrs. Karen French, director, the Stu- dents also worked on solo contests. Joining the Music Depart- ment meant combining class work with extra-cur- ricular activities. ir